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She won five Olympic medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972 and five European Championships medals in 1966 and 1970
Notable Deaths on July 19
117 people
514 – 2024
July 19 has seen 117 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 514 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2015 — Galina Prozumenshchikova
Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (born 1948)
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Her first Olympic medal, the gold in 200 m breaststroke in 1964, was the first Olympic gold in swimming for the Soviet Union
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Between 1963 and 1972, she won 15 national titles and set 27 national records.
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From 1964 to 1966, she set five world records: four in 200 m and one in 100 m breaststroke events
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Galina Nikolayevna Prozumenshchikova was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who also competed in medley relays
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973
Byzantine general (born 940)
Damian Dalassenos was a Byzantine aristocrat and the first known member of the Dalassenos noble family. He is known for his service as the military governor (doux) of Antioch in 996–998. He fought the Fatimids with…
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998
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doge of Venice
Jacopo Tiepolo, also known as Giacomo Tiepolo, was Doge of Venice from 1229 to 1249. He had previously served as the first Venetian Duke of Crete, and two terms as Podestà of Constantinople, twice as governor of…
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1249
1333
Scottish nobleman
Alexander Bruce, Earl of Carrick was an illegitimate son of Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick, younger brother of King Robert the Bruce, and Isabella, daughter of John of Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl. According to The…
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1333
Scottish nobleman
Sir Archibald Douglas was a Scottish nobleman, Guardian of Scotland, and military leader. He is sometimes given the epithet "Tyneman", but this may be a reference to his great-nephew Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of…
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1333
Scottish nobleman
Mormaer Maol Choluim II of Lennox was mormaer of Lennox from 1303 to his death.
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1333
4th Earl of Sutherland
Kenneth de Moravia was the 4th Earl of Sutherland and chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.
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1333
1374
Portuguese queen (born 1360)
Philippa of Lancaster was Queen of Portugal from 1387 until 1415 as the wife of King John I. Born into the royal family of England, her marriage secured the Treaty of Windsor and produced several children who became…
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1415
English daughter of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born 1499)
Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary, was the sister of English queen consort Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII.
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1543
Italian philosopher and academic (born 1550)
Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino, was an Italian academic and professor of natural philosophy. His Latinized name was Cæsar Cremoninus or Cæsar Cremonius. Considered one of the greatest philosophers in his…
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1631
English poet and author (born 1675)
William Somervile or Somerville was an English poet who wrote in many genres and is especially remembered for "The Chace", in which he pioneered an early English georgic.
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1742
Prussian queen (born 1776)
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. The couple's happy, though short-lived, marriage produced nine children, including the future monarchs Frederick William IV…
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1810
English navigator and cartographer (born 1774)
Captain Matthew Flinders was a Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to…
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1814
Mexican general and emperor (born 1783)
Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu, commonly known as Agustín de Iturbide and later by his regnal name Agustín I, was the first Emperor of Mexico from 1822 until his abdication in 1823.
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1824
French physicist and chemist (born 1785)
Pierre Louis Dulong FRS FRSE was a French physicist and chemist. He is remembered today largely for the law of Dulong and Petit, although he was much-lauded by his contemporaries for his studies into the elasticity of…
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1838
American journalist and critic (born 1810)
Sarah Margaret Fuller, sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She…
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1850
Russian poet and translator (born 1787)
Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov was a Russian poet, essayist and translator of the Romantic era. He also served in the diplomatic corps, spending an extended period in 1818 and 1819 as a secretary to the Russian…
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1855
Swiss statistician and politician (born 1796)
Stefano Franscini was a Swiss politician and statistician. He was one of the initial members of the Swiss Federal Council elected in 1848 and Switzerland's first native Italian speaking federal councillor. Franscini was…
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1857
Russian mathematician and academic (born 1847)
Yegor (Egor) Ivanovich Zolotaryov was a Russian mathematician.
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1878
English criminal and failed regicide (born 1824)
John William Bean was a British criminal and mental patient. He was most known for attempting in 1842 to assassinate Queen Victoria with a gun loaded with paper and tobacco. Born a dwarf with a hunchback, Bean shot at…
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1882
American publisher and religious leader (born 1859)
Abraham Hoagland Cannon was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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1896
Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (born 1852)
Clímaco Calderón Reyes was a Colombian lawyer and politician, who became 15th President of Colombia for one day, following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa.
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1913
British lawyer (born 1851)
John Indermaur was a British lawyer and legal writer, with his writing focus was on common law. He is known for having written An Epitome of Leading Common Law Cases in 1875, Principles of Common Law in 1876, and The…
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1925
Scottish-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1844)
Sir Robert Stout was a New Zealand politician who was the 13th premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices.…
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1930
Finnish historian and academic (born 1863)
Kaarle Krohn was a Finnish folklorist, professor and developer of the geographic-historic method of folklore research. He was born into the influential Krohn family of Helsinki. Krohn is best known outside of Finland…
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1933
American poet and author (born 1850)
Rose Hartwick Thorpe was an American poet and writer, remembered largely for the narrative poem, Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight (1867), which gained national popularity and circulated abroad in a number of translations.…
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1939
1941
Russian captain and pilot (born 1916)
Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova, nicknamed Katya (Катя), was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Usually credited with five or more aerial victories, along with Lydia Litvyak, she is often…
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1943
Italian poet and opera librettist (born 1873)
Carlo Zangarini i was an Italian librettist, poet, and academic. He lived his entire life in the city of Bologna, and is best remembered today for penning the libretti for the operas La fanciulla del West (1910) by…
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1943
1947
1947
South Korean politician (born 1886)
Lyuh Woon-hyung, also known by his art name Mongyang, was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist.
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1947
English priest (born 1884)
William Shaw Andrew MC was an Anglican priest in the mid 20th Century.
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1963
South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (born 1875)
Syngman Rhee, also known by his art name Unam, was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. His administration was characterised by…
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1965
United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and an advisor to Robert McNamara (born 1921)
John Theodore McNaughton was an American government official who was United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and Robert S. McNamara's closest advisor. He died in a plane crash at…
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1967
American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (born 1884)
Odell Shepard was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.
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1967
Greek soldier and author (born 1890)
Efstratios Stamatopoulos was a Greek writer. He is known for writing novels, novellas, and short stories under the pseudonym Stratis Myrivilis. He is associated with the "Generation of the '30s". He was nominated for…
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1969
Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (born 1904)
Ernő Schwarz or Schwarcz was a Hungarian American soccer player, coach and promoter who served as head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. He played professionally in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria…
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1974
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928)
William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell was an American country and honky-tonk singer-songwriter.
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1975
American mercenary and medic in the Rhodesian Bush War
John Alan Coey was a U.S. Marine who served in the Rhodesian Army as one of the "Crippled Eagles", a loosely organised group of U.S. expatriates fighting for the unrecognized government of Rhodesia during that country's…
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1975
Estonian geographer, author, and poet (born 1912)
Karl Ristikivi was an Estonian writer. He is known as one of the best Estonian writers for his historical novels.
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1977
1980
Turkish jurist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1912)
İsmail Nihat Erim was a Turkish politician and jurist. He served as the 13th prime minister of Turkey for almost 14 months after the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. He was assassinated by the Revolutionary People's…
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1980
German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1904)
Hans Joachim Morgenthau was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's works belong to the tradition of realism…
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1980
Canadian tenor (born 1919)
Roger Doucet was a Canadian tenor best known for singing the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", at televised games of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Alouettes, and Montreal Expos during the 1970s. He was…
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1981
American physicist and mathematician (born 1930)
Hugh Everett III was an American physicist who proposed the relative state interpretation of quantum mechanics. This influential approach later became the basis of the many-worlds interpretation (MWI). Everett's theory…
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1982
Russian actress (born 1896)
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.
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1984
1984
Polish author (born 1938)
Janusz Andrzej Zajdel was a Polish science fiction author, second in popularity in Poland to Stanisław Lem. His major genres were social science fiction and dystopia. His main recurring theme involved the gloomy…
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1985
Polish businessman and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (born 1913)
Kazimierz Aleksander Sabbat, was President of Poland-in-exile from 8 April 1986 until his death, 19 July 1989, after serving as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
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1989
American actor (born 1907)
Edward Quillan was an American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s.
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1990
Italian lawyer and judge (born 1940)
Paolo Emanuele Borsellino was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the…
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1992
Canadian author and academic (born 1896)
Victor Barbeau, was a Quebec writer and academic.
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1994
Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)
Elmer William Valo, born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak American professional baseball right fielder, coach, and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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1998
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
Dave Carter was an American folk music singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music". He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, who were heralded as the new "voice…
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2002
American historian, scholar, and activist (born 1915)
Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral…
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2002
American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ (born 1921)
William R. Bright was an American evangelist. In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles, he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. In 1952 he wrote The Four Spiritual Laws.…
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2003
Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1908)
Pierre Graber was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978).
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2003
Canadian sculptor (born 1902)
Sylvia Daoust, CM, CQ RCA was a Canadian sculptor who was one of the first female sculptors in Quebec. She studied at the Council of Arts & Manufactures and the École des Beaux-Arts, with Charles Maillard and Maurice…
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2004
American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (born 1919)
J. Gordon Edwards was an American entomologist and proponent of the use and safety of the pesticide DDT. He was professor of entomology at San Jose State University for 40 years, and namesake to the university's…
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2004
American priest and journalist (born 1924)
Francis A. Marzen was a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, former editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald and an information specialist for the City & County of Honolulu in the administration of Mayor Frank…
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2004
Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1911)
Zenkō Suzuki was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982.
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2004
American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
Edward Heward Bunker was an American author of crime fiction, screenwriter, and actor. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He wrote the scripts for—and acted in—Straight Time (1978),…
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2005
American actor (born 1920)
Jack Warden was an American actor who worked in film and television. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He received a BAFTA nomination for…
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2006
Bangladeshi journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1945)
Abul Kalam Faezul Huq was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, and columnist. He served as a member of parliament on three occasions, and held various ministerial portfolios including Public Works, Urban Development, Jute,…
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2007
Argentinian cartoonist (born 1944)
Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, popularly known as El Negro Fontanarrosa, was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career, Fontanarrosa became one of the most acclaimed historieta artists…
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2007
Brazilian comedian and actress (born 1907)
Dolores Gonçalves Costa, known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming famous…
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2008
American author and educator (born 1930)
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
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2009
English race car driver (born 1991)
Henry John Surtees was a British racing driver and the son of John Surtees. He died during a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch when he was struck by a wheel which came off another car which had spun into a wall.
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2009
French actress, author, television screenwriter and director (born 1928)
Cécile Aubry was a French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director.
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2010
Australian author and playwright (born 1917)
Jon Stephen Cleary was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including The Sundowners (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High…
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2010
Bangladeshi director and playwright (born 1948)
Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972. He wrote over 200 fiction and…
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2012
2012
Iranian meteorologist and academic (born 1912)
Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Ph.D. was an Iranian meteorologist and academic. He was born in Birjand. He is credited as being the father of modern geography in Iran.
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2012
Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (born 1935)
Omar Mahmoud Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was appointed to the long-vacant vice…
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2012
American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (born 1926)
Sylvia Woods was an American restaurateur who founded the restaurant Sylvia's in Harlem on Lenox Avenue, New York City with her husband, Herbert Woods, in 1962. The soul food eatery is a popular gathering place for…
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2012
Islamic cleric (born 1963)
Valiulla Makhmutovich Yakupov was a prominent Muslim cleric in Tatarstan, Russia, and the deputy to the Muslim province's chief mufti. He was also known as a strong critic of radical Islamist organisations which…
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2012
Russian singer-songwriter (born 1973)
Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov was a lead singer and composer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol i Shut.
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2013
Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1931)
Newton Tattrie was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Geeto Mongol.
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2013
2013
German footballer and manager (born 1923)
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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2013
Welsh-American soccer player and manager (born 1932)
Phillip Abraham Woosnam was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager. A native of Caersws, Powys, Wales, Woosnam played for numerous clubs in Wales, England and one in the United States. He played…
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2013
Swiss geologist and academic (born 1928)
Peter Alfred Ziegler was a Swiss geologist, who made contributions to the understanding of the geological evolution of Europe and the North Atlantic borderlands, of intraplate tectonics and of plate tectonic controls on…
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2013
Turkish author (born 1931)
Leyla Erbil was a Turkish writer. She was one of the leading female contemporary writers of Turkey, author of six novels, three collections of short stories and a book of essays. She was the first Turkish female writer…
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2013
Brazilian theologian (born 1933)
Rubem Azevedo Alves was a Brazilian Presbyterian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst. Alves was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology.
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2014
American child actress and child model (born 1992)
Skye McCole Bartusiak was an American child actress and child model. She appeared in The Patriot (2000), Don't Say a Word (2001), as Rose Wilder in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002), as…
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2014
Canadian-American political scientist and academic (born 1917)
David Easton was a Canadian-born American political scientist. From 1947 to 1997, he served as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
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2014
American pediatrician and author (born 1933)
Paul Murray Fleiss was an American pediatrician and author known for his unconventional medical views. Fleiss was a popular and sought-after pediatrician in the Greater Los Angeles area, both among poor and middle-class…
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2014
American actor (born 1928)
James Scott Garner was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than fifty theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Support Your Local…
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2014
Polish biologist (born 1950)
Jerzy Władysław Jurka was a Polish–American computational and molecular biologist known for his pioneering work on repetitive DNA and transposable elements (TEs) in eukaryotic genomes. He served as the assistant…
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2014
2014
Swedish journalist (born 1936)
Hertur Roland Ingemar Odlander was a Swedish journalist who worked for Sveriges Television on its news programmes Aktuellt and Rapport. Between 1975 and 1978 Odlander was the first ever Swedish foreign news reporter…
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2014
English cricketer (born 1941)
Harry Pougher was an English cricketer. Pougher was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
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2014
Dutch politician (born 1931)
Leendert "Leen" Vleggeert was a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the Senate of the Netherlands between 1981 and 1983 for the Labour Party. He was also mayor of Puttershoek (1977–1982), interim-mayor of…
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2014
American baseball player, coach, and journalist (born 1919)
John W. Winkin Jr. was an American baseball coach, scout, broadcaster, journalist and collegiate athletics administrator. Winkin led the University of Maine Black Bears baseball team to six College World Series berths…
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2014
American composer and conductor (born 1915)
Van Alexander was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.
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2015
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1930)
Carmino Ravosa was an American composer and lyricist, singer, pianist, as well as a producer, director, and musical historian. Ravosa, who wrote music for children for decades, was one of the most popular songwriters…
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2015
Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (born 1947)
Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov was a Russian politician, the Chairman of the State Duma from 1996 to 2003.
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2015
American actor, director, and producer (born 1934)
Garry Kent Marshall was an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. Marshall began his career in the 1960s as a writer for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show until he developed the television…
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2016
American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (born 1967)
Jonathan David Schnepp was an American animator, producer, director, writer, editor, voice actor, and media host.
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2018
2018
Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1944)
Rutger Oelsen Hauer was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century.
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2019
Malian musician (born 1965)
Toumani Diabaté was a Malian kora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he was involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles of music. In…
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2024
Ukrainian linguist and politician (born 1964)
Iryna Dmytrivna Farion was a Ukrainian linguist and nationalist politician who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014. She served as a political member of Svoboda in 2005 until her assassination in…
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2024
Australian athlete and administrator (born 1933)
Richard Kevan Gosper, AO was an Australian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was a Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, and combined chairman and CEO of Shell Australia. Gosper died on…
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2024
American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
Sheila Jackson Lee was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, from 1995 until she died in 2024. The district includes most of central Houston. She was…
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2024
Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (born 1944)
Nguyễn Phú Trọng was a Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024. As the head of the party's Secretariat, Politburo…
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2024
Welsh snooker player and police officer (born 1932)
Raymond Reardon was a Welsh professional snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning the World Snooker Championship six times and claiming more than a dozen other professional titles. Due to his dark…
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2024
American political scientist and anthropologist (born 1936)
James Campbell Scott was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics. He was a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies.
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2024
South African actress (born 1973)
Esta TerBlanche was a South African actress, best known for her roles on television soap operas in both South Africa and the United States.
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2024
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Galina Prozumenshchikova — Soviet swimmer (1948–2015)
FeaturedGalina Prozumenshchikova
Death year2015
Known forShe won five Olympic medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972 and five European Championships medals in 1966 and 1970
Deaths on this date117 (514 – 2024)
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